[MarsHottentot]

I have Kiva and Kabuto in the mail(asia - ugh, I'm disgusting). Kiva looks and sounds like kind of a mess from what I've read, but I like the horror angle so I'm giving it a shot - it was just fifteen bucks for the whole series so, why not?

Kabuto - I watched the first EP and that's definitely up my alley - more like Blade, Ryuki and Gaim in the science-bullshit / guys in clunky metal / leather suits shooting at monsters (when not shooting at each other) / melodramatica (my own term) style. An easy purchase.

I'm going to probably go through all of them eventually - even Ghost, which is too cute by half for my taste - because, even at it's worst, Kamen Rider is a better sci-fi show than most of what's on stateside TV.

I like Den-O and the suit acting is really good. The suit acting for Ryuki was also spot on - Takamasa Suga's Shinji Kido had very quirky body language and his suit actor did a great job in doubling that when he had to.